whats so bad to configure the client's Mailserver using the SMTP Relay from the ISP ? all Mailservers i know are able to do that, not allways called smarthost of corse ;-)
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Scott Weeks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:28:03 -0700 > > > >: You'd be amazed how many companies operate their own >: mail servers, even behind dynamic addresses > >I'm speaking with guys in my company on an issue and part of the discussion >has to do with me saying no one runs a mail server from behind a dynamic IP >addresses. Other than just your experiences, does anyone have pointers to >data on folks that do this? > >scott > > > > >--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >From: Markus Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [swinog] Re: blocking ports? >Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:26:39 +0200 > >Jonathan, > >> Sorry but I disagree with Per. ISPs have a duty to prevent email >> Spam which is a terrible curse for us all. If they decide that >> blocking port 25 outbound will help then they should do it. >> >> If you are a user, why can't you use the ISPs relay server? If you >> are a provider you ought to have your own mail server on a fixed IP >> address. > >You'd be amazed how many companies operate their own mail servers, even >behind dynamic addresses (in which case they usually use some mailbox >polling mechanism to feed their server from mail from the outside), but >send outgoing mail directly with SMTP. > >> Of course, one day we need a better protocol than SMTP (*Simple* Mail >> Transfer Protocol) which was never meant as a global email solution. >> But until then we have to do something to stop people abusing it. > >But by killing the payload, not the messenger, please... > >Cheers, >Markus >_______________________________________________ >swinog mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.swinog.ch/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog > > >_______________________________________________ >swinog mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.swinog.ch/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mgz.ch _______________________________________________ swinog mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.swinog.ch/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog
